Efficiency of the chimney effect controlling radon levels indoor [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019 According to the WHO the radioactive gas radon must be controlled indoors. E.g. by naturally driven suction systems based on thermal buoyancy, also denoted the chimney effect, which exploits the difference of indoor- and outdoor temperature to lower ...
Haker Høegh Britt +1 more
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Indoor radon survey in university buildings: a case study of Sapienza - University of Rome [PDF]
, 2019 The indoor radon concentration in underground workplaces pertaining to Sapienza – University of Rome have been monitored since the 90’s according to prescription of Italian Legislative Decree 230/95.
Di Carlo, C. +5 more
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Clearing the Air on Radon Testing: The Duty of Real Estate Brokers to Protect Prospective Homebuyers [PDF]
, 1987 This Note recommends that the federal government create legislation that will impose a duty on real estate brokers to test homes for radon and to disclose the results to prospective purchasers.
Winicour, Sheldon
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Considerations on reduction of indoor air pollution from radioactive emissions from building materials and the ground [PDF]
, 2017 The goal of this paper is to study the reduction of health risks from indoor radioactive pollutants, as thoron emissions from common building materials, and radon emission from both building materials and the ground.
Ippolito, Rosaria +2 more
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Radon kinetics in a natural indoor radon chamber
Science of The Total Environment, 2020 An unusual 180 m3 storage room in the basement of a two-story laboratory building is unventilated, and separated from occupiable rooms by double steel doors. The space completely borders on soil through the concrete floor and two of its concrete walls.
Long Kiu Chung +6 more
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Annual and seasonal variations of indoor radon concentration in Skopje (Republic of Macedonia) [PDF]
, 2012 This paper presents the results of a survey of indoor radon concentrations in the dwellings of 10 Municipalities in the Skopje: the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Macedonia (600 000 habitants).
Stojanovska, Zdenka +4 more
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Atmosphere, 2022 Indoor radon and meteorological parameters (temperature, humidity, pressure, precipitation, indoor dew point, wind direction, wind speed and heat index) were simultaneously monitored in an old residential house in a radon suspected area.
Dušica Spasić, Ljiljana Gulan
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Indoor - soil gas radon relationshipin the Central Bohemian Plutonic Complex
Annals of Geophysics, 2005 The relationship of indoor radon measurements and radon in bedrock was studied in the granitoid Central Bohemian Plutonic Complex (CBPC). The indoor data were linked to vectorised geological and radon risk maps using the coordinates of ...
I. Fojtíková, J. Miksová, I. Barnet
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Testing the Properties of Radon Barrier Materials and Home Ventilation to Mitigate Indoor Radon
Atmosphere, 2022 Indoor radon is the second cause of lung cancer. Mitigation strategies are based on (i) building protection with radon barrier materials, (ii) increasing home ventilation or (iii) room pressurization.
Manuela Portaro +5 more
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Radiation protection considerations on radon and building materials radioactivity in Near Zero Energy Buildings [PDF]
, 2017 Recent updates of the E.U. Basic Safety Standards, stated in the Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM, are focusing on risks related to radon gas concentration inside dwellings and working places, as well as radioactivity of building materials.
Franci, Daniele +4 more
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